Community-Word Project

Community-Word Project is a non-profit organization providing innovative arts-in-education programs for under-served public school children in New York City. Founded in 1997, our mission is to inspire at-risk New York City youth to read, interpret and respond to their world, and to become active citizens through collaborative arts residencies and teacher training programs. We provide arts residencies to 16 NYC public schools and 4 branch libraries, helping young people strengthen their voices and develop vital academic and life skills through creative writing, performance, mural painting, music, and photography. In the past 11 years we have served over 13,000 students, students who attend schools serving communities struggling with poverty, drugs, violence and gangs.